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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Gavotte
Trill
Rigaudon
Accessible
2. Repetition of a single tone.
Exposition
Monotone
Dissonance
Key
3. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Glissando
Presto
Harmony
4. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Natural
Choir
Virtuoso
Verismo
5. A direction to play expressively.
Register
Espressivo
Vivace
Partita
6. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Round
Voice
Impromptu
Finale
7. Suite of Baroque dances.
Nonet
Fugue
Twelve-tone music
Partita
8. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Stretto
Chant
Ligature
Courante
9. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Measure
Sextet
Ligature
Register
10. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Overture
Neoclassical
Trio
Consonance
11. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Da Capo
Glee
Chromatic scale
Temperament
12. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Oratorio
Cavatina
Partial
Staff
13. A direction to play lively and fast.
Clef
Allegro
Oratorio
Tonic
14. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Key signature
Minuet
Cavatina
Octet
15. A short light musical drama.
Parody
Octet
Operetta
Temperament
16. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Sonata form
Grazioso
Phrase
Major
17. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Interpretation
Grandioso
Rococo
Fermata
18. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Grave
Rigaudon
Concert master
Root
19. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Oratorio
Virtuoso
Whole note
Twelve-tone music
20. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Modes
Round
Finale
Pizzicato
21. A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time - always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
Gavotte
Quadrille
Serenade
Temperament
22. The first violin in an orchestra.
Concert master
Glee
Register
Development
23. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Etude
Trio
Partita
Elegy
24. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Recital
Part
Medley
Reprise
25. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Natural
String Quartet
Glissando
Clef
26. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Temperament
Trio
Courante
Obbligato
27. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Tablature
Opus
Pastoral
Nocturne
28. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Legato
Instrumentation
Rondo
Trio
29. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Portamento
Part
Cadence
Symphony
30. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Symphony
Cavatina
Tone
Chorale
31. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Round
Tonal
Overture
Grazioso
32. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Classical
Rondo
Tutti
Reed
33. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Gavotte
Atonal
Modes
Chorale
34. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Dissonance
Verismo
Staff
Octave
35. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Legato
Madrigal
Refrain
Deceptive cadence
36. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Scherzo
Madrigal
Rubato
Timbre
37. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Chord
Capriccio
Root
Interval
38. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Orchestration
Pentatonic Scale
Energico
Relative pitch
39. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Orchestration
Mezzo
Chord
Theme
40. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Accessible
Key
Tritone
Cavatina
41. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Symphony
Allegro
Cantabile
Modulation
42. The principal note of a triad.
Tessitura
Adagio
Allegro
Root
43. Suite of Baroque dances.
Duet
Partita
Pastoral
Modulation
44. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Root
Relative major and minor
Whole-tone scale
Musicology
45. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Fermata
Carol
Chant
Time Signature
46. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Opera
Exposition
Libretto
Staff
47. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Cadenza
Tritone
Tablature
Dissonance
48. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Quadrille
Register
Relative pitch
Sonata
49. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Obbligato
Theme
Triplet
Triad
50. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Relative major and minor
Gavotte
Castrato
Duet